Aerospace Daily & Defense Report

German rocket startup Isar Aerospace has secured a contract from the European Space Agency to launch an in-orbit demonstration late next year.

Austria has finalized contracts to acquire Leonardo’s M-346 advanced jet trainer to replace the Saab 105s that were retired five years ago.

Saab says it has secured an SEK1.4 billion ($150 million) contract for Lithuania to provide additional mobile, short-range air defense equipment.

Israel says the Rafael Iron Beam laser weapon should deliver a formal initial operational capability before year's end after completing system development.

A bipartisan House group has urged congressional appropriations leadership to fund certain space and science offices at levels proposed by the Senate.

Turkish industry has claimed a world first with the successful engagement of an aerial target with a beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile from a UAS.

French satellite-making startup U-Space has tasked MaiaSpace with launching the Toutatis demonstration due in 2027.

A new medal citation for an F-16 pilot brings new details about the extent to which U.S. aircraft conducted suppression of enemy air defense strikes in Yemen.

The UK and EU have failed to reach an agreement on British participation in the Security Action for Europe (SAFE) initiative for funding defense procurement.

Hanwha Aerospace has been awarded a contract to produce the L-SAM system, which will form the outermost layer of South Korea's air and missile defense network.

France has completed the first flight test of the suborbital SyLEx sounding rocket, which gives the country its first homegrown suborbital launcher.

Leonardo is proposing the development of an air defense architecture that will network air defense systems with sensors and command and control facilities.

Roscosmos says it is inspecting damage to the launchpad used Nov. 27 to ferry three crewmembers to the International Space Station.

In the competition to provide Belgium with a new fleet of training aircraft, Switzerland's Pilatus has revealed it teamed with local companies in its successful proposal.

The head of the RAF says it will invest in missile warning sensors, command and control capabilities and work more closely with Europe to bolster its air and missile defense capability.

The UK Royal Air Force is hoping to launch a formal contest to find a replacement for its BAE Systems Hawk T1 and T2 fleet before Christmas.

The European Space Agency has secured €22.07 billion for its work over the next three years which will support efforts to diversify Europe's launcher base.

South Korea launched its KSLV-II, better known as the Nuri rocket, in the early hours of Nov. 27, marking the vehicle's fourth flight.

A Russian Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft on Thursday brought NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikayev to the ISS.

PZL-Swidnik has delivered the first Polish-built AW149 battlefield utility helicopter to the Polish Armed Forces as part of an order for 32 of the type.

The EIB is looking to boost funding for the region’s space companies and close a gap in financial backing for the sector compared to the U.S.

The U.S. Space Force says its ability to outpace threats in orbit hinges on whether it can revamp how it organizes, buys and fields capabilities.

NASA has awarded Northrop Grumman two additional Commercial Resupply Services-2 (CRS-2) missions to the International Space Station.

Boeing on Nov. 25 received a $4.67 billion contract for new-build AH-64E Apache helicopter gunships.

Ukrainian Air Force personnel say they are moving to different forward operating bases several times a week to avoid being destroyed by Russian air attacks.